Office 2013 Like DropShadow in custom window

Hi,

I want to drop a shadow like in Office 2013 around a border less window without enabling Transparency, as it causes significant performance issues.

I tried using DWM api calls for the job:-

    using System;
    using System.Drawing.Printing;
    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
    using System.Windows;
    using System.Windows.Interop;

    class DwmDropShadow
    {

        [DllImport("dwmapi.dll", PreserveSig = true)]
        private static extern int DwmSetWindowAttribute(IntPtr hwnd, int attr, ref int attrValue, int attrSize);

        [DllImport("dwmapi.dll")]
        private static extern int DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea(IntPtr hWnd, ref Margins pMarInset);

        /// <summary>
        /// Drops a standard shadow to a WPF Window, even if the window isborderless. Only works with DWM.
        /// This method is much more efficient than setting AllowsTransparency to true and using the DropShadow effect,
        /// as AllowsTransparency involves a huge permormance issue (hardware acceleration is turned off for all the window).
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="window">Window to which the shadow will be applied</param>
        public static void DropShadowToWindow(Window window)
        {
            if (!DropShadow(window))
            {
                window.SourceInitialized += new EventHandler(window_SourceInitialized);
            }
        }

        private static void window_SourceInitialized(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Window window = (Window)sender;

            DropShadow(window);

            window.SourceInitialized -= new EventHandler(window_SourceInitialized);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The actual method that makes API calls to drop the shadow to the window
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="window">Window to which the shadow will be applied</param>
        /// <returns>True if the method succeeded, false if not</returns>
        private static bool DropShadow(Window window)
        {
            try
            {
                WindowInteropHelper helper = new WindowInteropHelper(window);
                int val = 2;
                int ret1 = DwmSetWindowAttribute(helper.Handle, 2, ref val, 4);

                if (ret1 == 0)
                {
                    Margins m = new Margins { Bottom = 0, Left = 0, Right = 0, Top = 0 };
                    int ret2 = DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea(helper.Handle, ref m);
                    return ret2 == 0;
                }
                else
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // Probably dwmapi.dll not found (incompatible OS)
                MessageBox.Show(" Not able to draw shadow");
                return false;
            }
        }

    }

And i called the DropShadowToWindow method after the InitializeComponent() method call. But i am not getting any shadow, with or without border.

I am using Windows 8 Pro x64 with Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate.

Regards,

Tarak